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Q: Edited song titles from OSX iTunes display in iOS but not tvOS

I edit all my music tags to more accurately reflect song, album, and artist names. I do this using the iTunes app on OSX and the names correctly show up on iOS devices in the Music app but NOT on the  TV. Why?

Posted on Nov 3, 2015 8:00 AM

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Q: Edited song titles from OSX iTunes display in iOS but not tvOS

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 3, 2015 12:02 PM in response to ChromePlanet
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    Nov 3, 2015 12:02 PM in response to ChromePlanet

    If the AppleTV is pulling the media from your purchase history then it will have the iTunes Store's version of the metadata. If you are connected to a library on your computer or device with Home Sharing then it should have the same details.

     

    tt2

  • by ChromePlanet,

    ChromePlanet ChromePlanet Nov 3, 2015 1:54 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Nov 3, 2015 1:54 PM in response to turingtest2

    If the Music app on the iPhone does it correctly, there is no excuse for the Music app on  TV to not do it correctly. It's pulling my playlists properly, which doesn't come from Purchase History.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 3, 2015 2:16 PM in response to ChromePlanet
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    Nov 3, 2015 2:16 PM in response to ChromePlanet

    I don't have an Apple TV 4 yet to explore, but my understanding is you can either use an Apple Music/iTunes Match/iCloud Music Library type connection, or a Home Sharing connection directly to the library on your computer. If media is pulled from the store I suspect you get Apple's best match to your library which isn't guaranteed to be exact, and isn't updated to reflect your original/corrected metadata (I don't know why in either case). I had a go with Apple Music and look how many different images it managed to assign to the tracks from one album. Each track had the correct art before I uploaded the device's library to Apple Music. Even though I've terminated my subscription to Apple Music and rebooted my device I have the wrong metadata, so I'm going to have to erase and reload, again.

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    Which path to your library are you using? One that effectively streams from your iTunes Library on your computer, or one that streams from some Apple held approximation to it? The Home Sharing route (via the Computer icon on the Apple TV) really ought to show the same metadata as your computer. Otherwise I suspect what you see is normal behaviour.

     

    tt2

  • by ChromePlanet,

    ChromePlanet ChromePlanet Nov 3, 2015 6:10 PM in response to turingtest2
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    Nov 3, 2015 6:10 PM in response to turingtest2

    I'm aware of all those matching issues which is why I decided to start fresh and abandon my entire collection of music files when I joined  Music, opting to search for and add all the tracks I had manually for streaming to all devices. No more files, no more downloading, no more separate and confusing purchased versus streaming and matching discrepancies. Besides, once you get used to listening to everything for one monthly fee, owning anything becomes pointless (except on the rare occasion that a track can be purchased and not streamed).

     

    So when I say I'm renaming tags on songs, I'm doing this on  Music songs that I've been adding into my playlists in the cloud. iTunes on OSX lets you edit the tags even if you haven't downloaded the file. Those changes then automatically show up on my iOS devices. They do not on the  TV.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Nov 4, 2015 3:51 AM in response to ChromePlanet
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    Nov 4, 2015 3:51 AM in response to ChromePlanet

    In which case I can see why the inconsistency is confusing, although I've learnt not to expect it. You can tell Apple you'd like an improvement via Apple TV Feedback, or sign up for a free Apple Developer Connection account and make use of Apple Bug Reporter. They don't generally talk back, but they do claim to read everything.

     

    tt2